Combined check-hook and harness-hanger.



No. 646,2l5. v Patented Mar. 27, I900. a. .1. H. HENRICI.

COMBINED CHECK HOOK AND HARNESS HANGER.

(Application filed Dec. 5, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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GEORGE J. H. HENRIOI, OF OVERBROOK, KANSAS.

COMBINED CHECK-HOOK AND HARNESS-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No.646,215, dated March 27, 1900.

Application filed December 5,1899- Serial No. '73 9,324. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. H. I-IENRICI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Overbrook, Osage county, Kansas, have invented a certain new and useful Combined Check- Hook and Harness-Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined checkhook and hanger for harnesses and aims to provide a device which shall serve as a checkhook when the harness is in use on the horse and also when the harness is not in use as a convenient hanger for hanging the same up in the closet or apartment provided in the carriage-house or stable.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents my device in position on a harness-saddle, the harness being hung up, and illustrates the use of the device as a hanger. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device detached from the saddle.

1 designates the body of the device, provided with the threaded shank 2 for attachment to the saddle 3.

4 designates the check-hook proper, which 1 may be of any preferred curvature or form.

An arm 5 projects rearwardly from the body 1 and has, preferably, at itsrear end an upwardly-projecting lug 6. on the forward portion of said arm, immediately back of the hook 4, is hinged or pivoted at 7 an oblique.

obtuse-angled lever 8, one arm 9 of which extends rearwardly preferably to the rear end of arm 5 in vertical alinement with said arm and is adapted to form therewith a pair of gripping-jaws, the points of said arm and lever being, however, slightly separated by reason of the interposing lug 6. The other arm 10 of said lever 8 projects forwardly and bears against the spring 11, mounted on the body 1 and extending upward toward the extremity of the hook at. Said spring should have normally a constant bearing against the arm 10 of the lever 8 to hold the other arm 9 of said lever firmly pressed against the arm 5. Said spring 11 is provided on its under surface with a ridge or projection 12, adapted to engage the end of the short arm'lO of the lever 8 and hold the long arm 9 out of engagement with arm 5 when desired. The opposed o inner surfaces of the arms 5 9 are roughened or corrugated to give them a firmer bearing on any article placed between them.

At the forward end of the device is provided a projecting hook or arm 13, which may be of any preferred form suited to the purposes of a hook.

In practice the device is mounted on the harness-saddle and used as a check-hook in the ordinary manner. When the harness is removed from the horse, it is suspended by the hook 4 from the ring, hook, or peg in the harness-closet. The lever 8 is then operated to throw back the spring 11 until the short arm 10 catches under the projection 12 of the spring, thus holding the arms or jaws 5 9 open. The forward portion of the harness-such as the hames, bridle, collar, &c.-is then placed on the projection or hook 13, and the rear portion-such as the tugs, reins, breeching, &c.-is placed over the arm 5. The spring 11 is then released and the arm 9 of the lever S dropped, after which the stress of said spring 11 holds the arms 5 9 in engagement, keeping the portions of the harness held between them firmly in position, preventing them from falling to and trailing on the floor, 850.

The device has been found in practice to be of great convenience and utility.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent A combined check-hook and harness-hanger comprising a body portion havinga shank to engage the saddle, an upwardly-projecting in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. H. HENRICI. Witnesses:-

O. L. REED, H. F. HARTMAS. 

